Mandy was a reporter for the university's official paper, she didn't rank high enough to pull off many big assignments but this one landed right in her lap. The head arts reporter was on another story, and her name came up. That was fine with her, any opportunity to get her name on an article with guaranteed interest was a good opportunity, and this one sure had guaranteed interest. The article was about the art of Brock Mitchell, popular body artist.
Mandy was flipping through one of Brock's flyers on the bus ride over, she began to think about what it would be like to be painted...having intricate designs brushed and drawn on her naked skin by a skilled artist...his hands flowing over her body with care and tenderness...then stepping in front of a camera to show off...she got so lost in the thought she almost missed her stop. Grabbing her bag, she practically floated over to the Multipurpose Building's elevator and rode up to the studio for the interview.
Brock was sitting on a director's chair, sharing a long smoke with the paper's cameraman, Diego. As she approached, Mandy was somewhat surprised to note from the context of their conversation that the artist was openly gay. The artist was regaling the poor guy with some story that sounded like a Bravo TV plot. "So much for
that
fantasy" she muttered before introducing herself.
"Oh hi there" lisped the artist "I'm glad to see you made it!"
"Hello, Mr. Mitchell, I see you've already met Diego." She turned to greet the cameraman, but he had slipped on a cell phone earpiece, and was already chatting away with someone else. She could tell he wasn't going to be much for conversation.
"Anyway, Ms. Fletcher----"
"Actually, it's Mandy, Mr. Mitchell" might as well be personable, she thought.
"Oh sure" He went on, without responding in kind "Unfortunately I've some bad news. I can do the interview, but my model cancelled so I won't be able to do any designs for the article"
No way, she thought, no way anyone was going to pay attention to this article without pictures of a hot body covered in paint. Without hesitating, she offered herself up:
"I'll stand-in for her, it should be fun and your work would get spread to more of the student body with pictures"
"What a super Idea! You should make a great canvas! Let me get my paints ready, you'll need to strip down a bit." He smiled "We'll just do waist-up, which should work just fine and not annoy the censors too much." The flighty artist scurried over to his materials and began to get set up, so Mandy pulled an MP3 recorder out of her bag and began stripping.
Diego couldn't resist butting in "Do you think Mike had this in mind when he gave you this one?"
"Oh shut up, Diego. Try being a gentleman and put my bag out of the way" She tossed the tote over to him and turned her back.
"OOF, what's in this thing?"
"I'm going to the gym downstairs later, for your information, if a couple towels and some spandex are too much for you maybe you should too."
Diego patting his bulging belly "Hey, this is the best shape I've been in since freshman year."
Rolling her eyes, Mandy retrieved her recorder and strolled over. Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted one of the paint containers. Its label caught her attention: "Palace-Brand Body paints, Now Edible for your
shared
pleasure!" DAMN, that was hot. Instantly, her mind flashed back to her earlier fantasy. Only now, her Adonis was sensually licking the masterwork at the end of their sensual experience...
Unfortunately, Brock's nasal voice snapped her back to reality "Ok, we're all set up, lets get this train A-Rollin!"
For the next couple hours she conducted her interview while he painted and Diego made himself useful at the camera. It was far less exciting than she hoped, most of the time that she was sweating under the lights she had to stay still while the artist sprayed her with painter or used brushes without much regard for sensation; and Brock was a pretty dull, self-absorbed individual when you got right down to it.
Worst of all, she felt like her sexual appeal was being called into question. Here she was, naked from the waist up, with an exotic tribal design being drawn across her breasts, and no one in the room was even aroused. Sure, the queer was a dry well, but that Diego should have been bursting out of his fucking pants. Instead, he was just yammering away on his headset, barely paying attention.
Finally, Brock declared his work "finished" started to pack up. Diego was out the door practically before he finished talking. Brock fished a small plastic water bottle out of his bag and tossed it at her.
"Here you go; this oil's a removal agent. I use a slightly tenacious paint to prevent my models from sweating it off during a shoot, just use this oil with some water and it will come right off." And with that he strolled out as well.
"Well, fuck" She breathed "I'm sorry to keep you two from something important." Feeling angry at them and depressed about her seeming lack sexual appeal, she grabbed her bag and walked over to the elevator. She'd take it down to the new showers in the basement and rinse off before her workout. As she waited, she glanced down at her "canvas". Toned muscles from regular gym work, long strawberry hair that cascaded down her back, hell her tits weren't huge but she'd never heard any complaints about being a 32C!
The elevator arrived, and she stepped up to the opening door. But the car wasn't empty, and she found herself eye-to-eye with a started young man. He backed up to let her in, and that's when he
saw
. Her gleaming green eyes were unchanged, and her strawberry hair still flowed down her back, but other than that she was